Announcement of Change of Representative Director (New Company President)

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Nagase Viita Co., Ltd.

Nagase Viita Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shimoishii, Kita-ku, Okayama City; Representative Director and President: Naoki Yasuba) announces that during the Board of Directors meeting held on January 17, 2025, the following change in the position of Representative Director and President would be implemented.

Details of Change
Outgoing (effective March 31, 2025)
Naoki Yasuba, Representative Director and President

Incoming (effective April 1, 2025)
Takahiko Mandai, Representative Director and President
(currently Managing Executive Director and Head of Bio Chemicals Division)

Profile of Incoming Representative Director and President
Takahiko Mandai
Date of birth: August 3, 1961 (63 years old)
Birth place: Okayama Prefecture
Education: Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University (class of 1984)


Career History

April 1984

Joined Hayashibara Co., Ltd. and assigned to Engineering Division

October 2002

Chief Director, Production Control Office, Hayashibara Co., Ltd.

April 2015

Senior Manager, Okayama Functional Saccharide Plant, Production Division, Hayashibara Co., Ltd.

April 2017

Deputy Head, Production Division, Hayashibara Co., Ltd. (Executive Officer)

April 2018

Senior Manager, Production Supervisory Department, Production Division, Hayashibara Co., Ltd. (Executive Officer)

April 2019

Executive Director and Senior Manager, Production Supervisory Department, Production Division, Hayashibara Co., Ltd.

November 2020

Executive Director and Head of Production Division, Hayashibara Co., Ltd.

April 2023

Managing Executive Director, Head of Production Division and Head of Bio Chemicals Division, Hayashibara Co., Ltd.

April 2024

Managing Executive Director and Head of Bio Chemicals Division, Nagase Viita Co., Ltd.

(*Note: Company name was changed on April 1, 2024 from Hayashibara Co., Ltd. to Nagase Viita Co., Ltd.)

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